You must be one of these salesman making these youtube videos. lolSeems like people get a little worked up over these videos. I just don't think it's that serious.
As if none of you would have married your wives because someone took her to redline before you did. It's a car. Get over it and enjoy the MACHINE for what it is. Salesman putting it to a new performance vehicle on the lot has happened for many many moons and will continue for many more.
They seemed very responsible and careful and it doesn't bother me at all.Idk the dealer but they are asking $89,000 for the car apparently and yet they run it up to redline before it's broken in!? Hope the driver of the car gets fired from the dealer because this is unacceptable. Anyway enjoy the video! I'm curious as to what others think of it as well.
I bet the dealership doesn't condone pushing the car at all during PDI. However, I know for darn sure 99% of owners are going to drive the car way harder than that.WTF, it's the dealership's car, they can do what they want!
That was hardly abuse. I don't think he even squeaked the tires, much less overly slipping the clutch, etc. I thought it wasn't bad at all.edit: Also people buy new expecting this to have never happened to the car... If they wanted some abused mustang they would buy used
:lol: So true.The only difference between today and the 80 or so years prior to this event is the fact that now people have smart phones and feel they need to record it. I worked at a major auto mall when I was in my 20's and this is nothing. Cars have been subject to this so called "abuse" since the first Model A's rolled off Henry Ford's assembly line. If youtube was available in 1927 you would have watched 2 salesman pass a horse at 4 miles an hour while they were yelling to each other like the 2 fools in Ferris Buellers Day Off.
Like I said before, the dealership management probably doesn't condone this. I wouldn't call that treatment beating on the car, though. If so, I beat on all my Fords on a daily basis. Guess what, they are built to take it. :ford: I wouldn't hesitate to buy that car. Based on the video, nothing unreasonable was done at all.There is no way to justify a dealer taking out a custom ordered 60k sports car and beating on it before the owner takes delivery.
I bought the very same thing...You must be one of these salesman making these youtube videos. lol
There is no way to justify a dealer taking out a custom ordered 60k sports car and beating on it before the owner takes delivery.
Wait until you get your car - you're going to see that they were barely halway up the RPM range - it screams a lot harder than those light shifts!! It's going to shock you.You must be one of these salesman making these youtube videos. lol
There is no way to justify a dealer taking out a custom ordered 60k sports car and beating on it before the owner takes delivery.
ughhh i can't wait. only a few more weeks.Wait until you get your car - you're going to see that they were barely halway up the RPM range - it screams a lot harder than those light shifts!! It's going to shock you.
I'm not going to argue that a guy who goes by the handle "Hack" doesn't beat on his cars... ;)
NO its not there car..Its FORDS until its paid for, they are just paying floor plan on the car (interest) Also what about the poor guy who wants to buy it and does care how it was broke in. If I owned the dealership and found this out I fire their butts on the spot. You know they knew better because they did not want the car coming back after the hot run...thus letting it cool down.WTF, it's the dealership's car, they can do what they want!
I don't think anyone is saying it can't handle it. I would just want to be the first one to rip her open if I custom ordered any car, I don't care if its a chevy volt... I paid for a NEW CAR. If it sat on the lot its understandable because people test drive them but thats why many people order theirs, they want it to be "untainted".Wow. You guys act as if this engine cannot take the "abuse." I find it amusing that for 60k everyone is expecting a one off, bespoke vehicle. I received mine about a week ago and loved driving it around metro Detroit, knowing the roads still have salt on them. In a few years, these cars, like most other Fords, will NOT be worth what I paid for it. Why don't you that actually own one just go and drive.
Man handling a car would be a trip to the drag strip or a road course. If you think some trips to near redline on the street are taking the cars virginity/rape then you must be extra sensitive.Wow...
Took my wife to redline... That somehow justifies two idiots manhandling someone else's property. I see it as akin to rape or stealing this car's virginity.
Dumbest statement of the year... It's early on in the year so you got time. Someone will come by and take that crown from you. Don't worry.